Accelerator for motor cars



' June 8 1926.

1,588,-1 13 W. H. KEMFER ACCELERATOR FORMOTOR CARS Filed Dec. 51, 1925.

Patented June 8,1926 l I i V I I I v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H; KEEPER, F ivroivreoivrnnr, ALABAMA. V

AqonLERA'ronrou Mo'roRoARsf Application fil ed. December 31, 1925..- scram. 73,535.

My invention relates to accelerators to be tions' of'the pedals, these positions, as everyused with the well known Ford type of cars, one familiar with Ford cars knows, dependwherein low-speed and reverse are coning upon the degree of adjustment of the trolled by foot-pedals, and the object of my brake bands controlled by'the pedals. Fig.

invention is to provide novel, simple, eiii- 2 1Ssl1oWn merely to illustrate the shape 00 cient and inexpensive apparatus whereby the glven to rod 2,1it being bent to the right and throttle can be opened by operation of either then rearward and to an extent upward. low-speed or reverse pedal-and also by an The upper part is intended, as will be unaccelerator pedal or push rod of ordinary delstood, to pass through suitable opening type. v V r in floor boards. V

In the drawing Fig. 1 shows the elements It will be evident that the pushjrod can which compose my invention,-in a plan view, be actuated by pressure on pedal 16, and only so much of the Ford car being shown also, With equal advantage, by forward as necessary to understand how and where ement of either of the pedals, 14, 14.

the apparatus is placed, while Fig. 2- is a The usual service brake pedal of a Ford, 7 side view of the push rod and accelerator h ving no rod adapted to engage it, has no d l d it gujdg, effect on the apparatus. 7 This pedal isnot In carrying out my invention I-provide shown In Gd a-Wi g- I j a push rod capable of backward and for- 'lhe parts can be varied to an extent with ward movement and suitably ,uided tlieredepart ng from the iIIVGHtiOII but the shaped to fit on one edge or" the usual sixmi l Wi h cars of thistype.

for, place'a pedal or foot button on the structure as shown is very simple,-inexpenrear end of suchrod, and attach a branch to SW6 fi ei 6 TOUIld beads Shown such rod, from which branch I provide ad 9 mils lZpermit adjustment by screw justable push rods adapted, each independg ods art-her. in or out, and alwaysv tl t b engaged b th slo'w-gpeed d l present ample bearing surface, to be engaged $0 arm and the reverse pedal arm, and thus to y the p l f 7 move the push rod as well as could the pedal T ell crank 3 maybe pivoted on a on e end, bracket or the like or otherwise supported;

In Fig. 1, the plan view, 1 is an arm thls presenting no difiiculty to any one far-V holed plate,'15, which closes the transmission Having described my invention, what I I boa: on a Ford car, being held by two of the m is 1 e 4 usual six screws, or by suitable'bolts in the I11 apparatus of the class described, same places. Fig.2 shows a side view of the the combination h h g r Shift peda s, guide 1. I provide a rod 2, supported by a Of a Pod g6 l Slide k r d hole through guide '1, and connected to a w u 011 on Said rod adapted to be bell-crank lever 3, normally restrained by a ng ged by the foot of a driver, a side arm spring 1, and from which bell-crank lever r d to Said rod, and a rearwardly exi t nd d a d 5 to th th ttl or tended and adjustable rod held by said side 40 bureter lever 6. arm, and adapted to be engaged b-y one of A collar 7, on rod 5, serves to engage a the pedals. s "ink 8, connected to the usual steering col- I apparatus 0f h 21 8 described, the umn throttl control lever 9, merely shown o mblnation with the gear shift pedals, of to illustrate that the invention is in ad- 1 arranged to Sl bad-{Ward nd i 01- dition to the usual hand control. Forward rd, arranged to be operated by the foot of the guide 1' I secure a flat bar 10, bent of a driver, a. side arm secured to said. rod, around rod 2 and secured by bolt as at. 11, a rearWa-rdly extended and adjustable rod l and I partly twist bar 10, bore two or more held by said side arm and adap-tedto be enholes, which are threaded, and in which arev gagedby one ofthe pedals, and an operative 50 rods, as 12, 12, adapted to be engaged by connection between the sliding rod and the the low-speed and reverse pedals, '14, 14:. throttle, substantially as described. These rods 12, 12, are secured by being In Witness whereof I have hereto set my screwed into the member 10 and also have hand this December 12, 1925. I lock nuts as at 13, 13,- by means of which they can be adjusted to suit different posi I j WILLIAM H..KEMPER. 

